2les cases
habitation traditionnelle d'afrique (house like cases-negres)
3les mornes (nom)
hills where runaway enslaved people sought refuge and established communities
4la brousse
the bush/the countryside
5un pensionnaire
boarder student
7garde de sceaux
attorney general
9un conjoint
a partner (gender neutral)
10la precaritè
precariousness, instabilite
15tache
stain, mark blemish
17sciemment
knowingly, deliberately
18rancune
grudge, resentment
20édit
edict - royal ordonnance
21subventionner
subsidize
22le culte
religion, worship
23la promulgation
annoncer offciellement/faire proposer une loi
24voilé
veiled (islamique)